India's GDP growth slows down to 6.5% in FY25

Key Points

• 1Real GDP growth in Q4 of FY25 accelerated to 7.4%, but slower than the 8.4% in Q4 of the previous financial year.
• 2The overall GDP growth of 6.5% for the full year of 2024-25 is the slowest since the pandemic year 2020-21.
• 3Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran said India's growth is holding up better than many advanced economies despite global uncertainties.
• 4The manufacturing sector's growth stood at 4.8% in Q4 of FY25, and 4.5% in the full financial year 2024-25.
• 5The construction sector returned to double-digit growth of 10.8% in Q4, and 9.4% for the full year.
• 6Household consumption quickened to 7.2% in 2024-25 from 5.6% in the previous year.